May 19, 2020, Bend, Oregon, USA: As many covid-19 related restrictions begin to be relaxed and States go about reopening, recreation goers are flocking to the outdoors. Here, urban surfers ride a man-made river wave on the edge of downtown Bend, Oregon as runners and cyclists pass in the background. (Credit Image: © Tobias Nolan/ZUMA Wire)
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May 5, 2024, Cambridge, MA: MIT students from the MIT Coalition for Palestine have set up a tent encampment by Kresge Auditorium near the MIT Student Center call for MIT to cut ties with the Israeli Ministry of Defense and stop doing research for the Israeli Military. Two days ago pro Israel groups held a counter demonstration creating a memorial site with photography of Israelis killed on October 7, 2024 by Hamas forces, and hung Israeli flags on the fence that MIT has surrounded the camp with.
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February 27, 2024, Hong Kong, CHINA: In Hong Kong, on the mobile device, cover image of 2019 Hong Kong Protest Song : GLORY TO HONG KONG is displayed on the YouTube link. HKSAR is moving to illegalize more than 30 online links showing 2019 Hong Kong Protest Song : GLORY TO HONG KONG aka ‘ National Anthem ‘ on YouTube.Senior official from Secretary for Justice have argued that the videos are ‘ seditious ‘ and ‘ secessionist in nature ‘ , carrying the intention of distorting China’s national anthem. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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March 1, 2024, Hong Kong, CHINA: In Hong Kong, PRC Red Flag is displayed outside US Consulate General as a sign of protest during a politically mobilized small anti-US / Britain protest, to condemn United States senators move to nominate Hong Kong freedom fighters who are detained in the prison including former founder of APPLE DAILY, Jimmy Lai for this year’s Nobel Prize for Peace. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)
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Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #938 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY May 7, 2024: ‘FLORIDA HOMELESS EXPERIMENT’ by ZUMA Partner newspaper The Tampa Bay Times photo-journalist’s Martha Asencio-Rhine and Dirk Shadd: ‘They’re here!’ she shouted, raising both arms. ‘Oh, they’re finally here!’, Janet Stringfellow is CEO of Florida’s Volunteers of America had long envisioned a place where people could move off the streets. As the US Supreme Court wrestles with whether people should be arresting for sleeping outside, and Florida considers setting up more tent cities, a new project in downtown St. Petersburg opened, offering 25 new apartments to homeless people to help them start over. In this social housing experiment, homeless people get an apartment and support. Everyone is hopeful, excited to help, but they’re also wondering: Will this work? Welcome to ‘FLORIDA HOMELESS EXPERIMENT’
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May 5, 2024, Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia: Dancers perform on rice fields during the Rice Field Festival in Baginda Village. The Rice Field Festival, organized by the Baginda Village Youth Organization, was held to maintain the local culture and art of Sundanese culture.
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March 25, 2024, New York, New York, USA: Protesters with the activist group Rise & Resist march in the road holding signs to the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for Former President Donald Trump’s arrival at a hearing in the hush money Stormy Daniels case. A protester holds a sign that reads ”Screwed Stormy in bed with Putin.” (Credit Image: © Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire)
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May 1, 2024, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia: Workers and activists hold placards and posters during a demonstration to commemorate International Labour Day 2024 in Bandung. In their actions, They demand fullfillment of health insurance for workers and rejecting low wages.
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on May 1, 2024: Pro-Palestine/Hamas protestors vandalized the buildings within the territory of their encampment, hours before police cleared them out and arrested many of them. They barricaded doors so the police couldn’t enter through them easily when they arrived.
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Sit back and enjoy “The Pictures of the Month” (POM) presented by Scott Mc Kiernan and ZUMA Press. ZUMA received over one million images shot by professional photographers, all shot in the month of April. From an epic eclipse to student protests against a continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, ZUMA’s APRIL 2024 Pictures Of the Month is now published. PLEASE SHARE! #photojournalism http://www.thepicturesofthemonth.com
Photographers represented by ZUMA Press covered the four corners of the world to bring pictures that need to be seen! POM shows the best work of these photojournalists, documenting the most important events of the past month.
ZUMA Press Wire’s talented award-winning picture editing staff of Mark Avery, Jimmy Colton, Jessica Cotsonas, Robin Loznak, Scott Mc Kiernan, Julie Rogers, Ruaridh Stewart, Shalan Stewart, whom with the fine ZUMA support staff: Cici Brown, Florence Combs, Grace Stocks, John Collett, Katrina Kochneva, Pat Johnson, Julie Mason, Jeremy Mc Kiernan and Stan Sholik contributed to make this Lucie & Webby winning monthly movie possible. Hope you enjoy and then if so, pass the word to others
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